taken

liam neeson, in taken, plays an ex-spy who uses his skills to try to get his daughter back after her trip to europe goes awry. she's kidnapped, to be brought into the slave trade. it is a great film. i especially liked the group of friends, at the beginning of the film, who help out the main character by giving him a job protecting a pop singer, where we first get to see and understand that he is a tough street fighter, adept at hand to hand combat. it's a tough film. a tough film about a tough world. and it seems to me perhaps there are parts of the film that are unbelievable, but all in all, a great film about, ultimately, a father's love for his daughter, and his willingness to do anything, to risk his own life, to bring her back home safely.